Intercontinental Exchange Reports ICE and NYSE Volume for July; Record Monthly Volume in Benchmark Brent Crude Futures

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Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. ICE, the leading global network of exchanges and clearing houses, today reported exchange traded volumes for July 2014.

ICE's July average daily volume (ADV) for futures and options was 4.3 million contracts, a decrease of 23% compared to July 2013.

• July commodity ADV declined 4% year to year, with natural gas ADV down 22% partially offset by a 26% increase in Brent ADV.
• Financial ADV decreased 40% over the prior July due to the continued low European interest rate environment.

In July, NYSE's U.S. cash equities ADV declined 4% while U.S. options ADV increased 1% year to year.

ICE Futures & Options ADV (contracts in 000s)
		ADV July		ADV July		Change		ADV YTD		ADV YTD		Change
		2014		2013		y/y		July ‘14		July ‘13		y/y
COMMODITIES
Energy
Brent		827		654		26%		664		689		-4%
Gasoil		196		260		-25%		216		273		-21%
Other Oil (1)		290		298		-3%		263		262		1%
TOTAL OIL		1,313		1,212		8%		1,142		1,224		-7%
Natural Gas (2)		746		957		-22%		916		1,265		-28%
Power (3)		90		100		-10%		117		136		-14%
Emissions & Other (4)		39		30		29%		44		44		1%
TOTAL ENERGY		2,188		2,300		-5%		2,219		2,669		-17%
Agricultural
Sugar (5)		117		119		-2%		163		153		6%
Other Ags & Metals (6)		147		145		2%		184		185		-1%
TOTAL AGRICULTURAL & METALS		264		264		-		347		339		2%
TOTAL COMMODITIES		2,452		2,564		-4%		2,566		3,007		-15%
FINANCIALS
Interest Rates
Short-term Interest Rates (7)		877		1,993		-56%		1,644		2,367		-31%
Medium & Long-term Interest Rates (8)		136		128		6%		167		183		-9%
TOTAL INTEREST RATES		1,014		2,122		-52%		1,811		2,549		-29%
TOTAL EQUITY DERIVATIVES (9)		766		830		-8%		985		1,110		-11%
TOTAL FX (10)		20		39		-48%		24		41		-41%
TOTAL FINANCIALS		1,800		2,991		-40%		2,821		3,701		-24%
TOTAL FUTURES & OPTIONS		4,252		5,555		-23%		5,387		6,708		-20%

Note: Figures may not foot due to rounding.

(1)		“Other Oil” includes futurized oil, WTI, Heating Oil, RBOB Gasoline and Middle East Sour Crude. Excludes Daily Brent Bullet contracts.
(2)		“Natural Gas” includes North American, UK and European Natural Gas.
(3)		“Power” includes North American, UK and European Power.
(4)		“Emissions & Other” includes all emissions contracts, freight, coal, iron ore and uranium.
(5)		“Sugar” includes Sugar No. 11, Sugar No. 16 and White Sugar.
(6)		“Other Ags & Metals” includes Cocoa ($), Cocoa (£),Coffee “C”, Robusta Coffee, Cotton No. 2, Orange Juice, Corn, Wheat-Feed, Soybeans, Barley, Canola, Mini Gold and Mini Silver contracts.
(7)		“Short-term Interest Rates” includes Euribor, Sterling, Swiss, Eonia, Eurodollar, Short Gilt, European Government Bonds and DTCC GCF Repo contracts.
(8)		“Medium & Long-Term Rates” includes Gilt, Swapnotes, Japanese Government Bonds, European Government Bonds, Treasuries and U.S. Government Bonds and Ultrabond contracts.
(9)		“TOTAL EQUITY DERIVATIVES” includes FTSE 100, FTSE 100 Dividend, price return and net total return versions of MSCI EAFE, MSCI Emerging Markets, MSCI Europe, and MSCI World, Russell 2000® , Russell 1000® and Single Stock Equities which includes equities domiciled in 25 countries that trade in the UK.
(10)		“TOTAL FX” includes futures and options for the U.S. Dollar Index and foreign exchange.

Financial and Reporting Update

• ICE will report second quarter 2014 earnings on Thursday, August 7.
• Following the transition of Liffe U.S. contracts to ICE Futures in June, volume for Metals, Eurodollar, GCF Repo index and U.S. MSCI equity index futures can be found in ICE's Report Center. A guide to tracking daily volume can be found on the Supplemental Volume Information page in the Investor section of the website.

ICE Futures & Options Rolling Three-Month Average Rate per Contract (RPC)
		Three Months		Three Months		Three Months
Futures & Options		Ending		Ending		Ending
Products		July 2014		June 2014		May 2014
Energy		$1.36		$1.38		$1.40
Agricultural & Metals		$2.42		$2.41		$2.33
Total Commodities		$1.50		$1.53		$1.53
Interest Rates		$0.65		$0.65		$0.63
Total Financials		$0.59		$0.56		$0.53

RPC is calculated by dividing transaction revenues by contract volume, and may vary based on pricing, customer and product mix.

ICE Futures & Options Open Interest (contracts in 000s)
		July 31, 2014		Dec 31, 2013
Energy		38,787		41,470
Agricultural & Metals		3,607		3,372
Total Commodities		42,395		44,842
Interest Rates		20,810		18,101
Total Financials		36,925		30,385

ICE Futures & Options Monthly and YTD Volume (contracts in 000s)
						Vol %		YTD		YTD		Vol %
Futures & Options Products		July-14		July-13		Change		July ‘14		July ‘13		Change
Commodities		53,942		56,453		-4%		374,689		439,221		-15%
Financials		41,055		68,631		-40%		419,049		550,750		-24%
TOTAL CONTRACTS		94,996		125,084		-24%		793,738		989,971		-20%

U.S. Equity Options (contracts in 000s)
		ADV July		ADV July		Change		ADV YTD		ADV YTD		Change
		2014		2013		y/y		July ‘14		July ‘13		y/y
NYSE Equity Options(1)		3,592		3,562		1%		3,645		4,194		-13%
Total U.S. Options Volume		14,656		13,412		9%		15,064		15,138		0%
NYSE Share of Group Total		25%		27%		-2pts		24%		28%		-4pts

(1) “NYSE Equity Options” includes NYSE Amex Options and NYSE Arca Options markets for U.S. equity options contracts.

U.S. Equity Options Rolling Three-Month Average Rate per Contract (RPC)
		Three Months		Three Months		Three Months
		Ending		Ending		Ending
		July 2014		June 2014		May 2014
US Equity Options		$0.16		$0.15		$0.16

U.S. Cash Products (shares in millions)
		ADV July		ADV July		Change		ADV YTD		ADV YTD		Change
		2014		2013		y/y		July ‘14		July ‘13		y/y
NYSE Listed (Tape A) Issues
Handled Volume (1)		939		989		-5%		1,032		1,115		-7%
Matched Volume(2)		920		953		-4%		1,008		1,074		-6%
Total NYSE Listed Consolidated Volume		3,052		3,117		-2%		3,343		3,525		-5%
Share of Total Matched Consolidated Volume		30%		31%		-1pt		30%		30%		-
NYSE Arca, MKT and Regional (Tape B) Listed Issues
Handled Volume (1)		206		230		-11%		237		252		-6%
Matched Volume(2)		195		212		-8%		224		232		-4%
Total NYSE Arca and MKT Listed Consolidated Volume		876		1,008		-13%		1,035		1,107		-7%
Share of Total Matched Consolidated Volume		22%		21%		+1pt		22%		21%		+1pt
Nasdaq Listed (Tape C) Issues
Handled Volume (1)		191		175		9%		204		190		7%
Matched Volume(2)		179		156		14%		188		170		11%
Total Nasdaq Listed Consolidated Volume		1,801		1,633		10%		2,028		1,775		14%
Share of Total Matched Consolidated Volume		10%		10%		-		9%		10%		-1pt
TOTAL ADV U.S. Cash Shares Handled		1,336		1,394		-4%		1,474		1,558		-5%

(1)		“Handled Volume” represents the total number of shares of equity securities, exchange traded funds (ETFs) and crossing session activity internally matched on NYSE Group's exchanges or routed to and executed on an external market center.
(2)		“Matched Volume” represents the total number of shares of equity securities, ETFs and crossing session activity executed on NYSE Group's exchanges.

U.S. Cash Rolling Three-Month Revenue Capture
(per 100 shares)
		Three Months		Three Months		Three Months
		Ending		Ending		Ending
		July 2014		June 2014		May 2014
US Cash Products		$0.049		$0.048		$0.048

Credit Default Swaps (CDS) Transaction and Clearing

• Through July 31, ICE has cleared $55 trillion in gross notional value of CDS on a cumulative basis across 1.9 million trades with open interest of $1.6 trillion. Buy-side clearing of CDS totaled $7.5 trillion since the launch of client clearing at ICE Clear Credit in December of 2009. ICE lists nearly 500 CDS instruments for clearing. A complete summary of CDS clearing can be found at: https://www.theice.com/clear_credit.jhtml

July 2014 Review

• ICE's Brent Crude futures contract set consecutive daily volume records on July 11 and July 15 of 1,451,481 contracts and 1,526,965 contracts, respectively.
• Total monthly and average daily volume records were established in Brent futures, Newcastle Coal futures and options, and mini MSCI Emerging Markets Asia Net Total Return index futures contracts.
• Open interest records were established in UK Natural Gas futures and options, Newcastle Coal futures and options, and Brent, Cocoa, Rotterdam Coal and Richards Bay Coal options contracts.
• ICE completed the sale of Wombat Financial Software to SR Labs.
• ICE Chairman and CEO Jeffrey C. Sprecher testified before the Senate on an equity market structure panel.

Trading days in July 2014:

• Interest Rates, UK Single Stock: 23
• Commodities, Other Financials: 22
• US Cash Equities, US Equity Options: 22

ICE finalized the acquisition of NYSE Euronext on November 13, 2013. For comparison purposes NYSE Euronext volumes are included for all periods covered.

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